GIVE or SAVE Event Starts - 7.9, First Dibs for YOU! 🎺

Published: Thu, 07/07/22

Hi there ,

It's amazing to review the space between each newsletter. Last time I was in touch, I was heading to Black Mountain, NC for an artists' retreat. That was Memorial Day weekend. It was powerfully transformative - still have yet to fully process it.

In the past month, so much has transpired and been revealed in my life. Of course, there was the ending of the school year, but then we whisked our oldest off to camp in the Smoky Mountains, starting with a long weekend away in Asheville and Chimney Rock, NC. We biked and toured the Biltmore Estate; explored rocks, ridges, and rivers in Chimney Rock, and found amazing food. It was joyful, but also exhausting.

That exhaustion has a root, beyond the travel - I've been struggling over the past several years (well, probably since my youngest was born in 2013) with low energy, nutrient deficiencies, brain fog, and I hit a wall a few months ago with such extreme fatigue and discomfort that I've really lightened my load, not pushed forward with offering classes and limiting even the artwork I'm producing.

Thankfully, I've continued to find the right supports for me and have finally found some answers to my issues and have just started feeling relief for the first time in years. I won't bore you with the diagnoses / details. Ultimately, I've had to change my diet and I'm working with an integrative practitioner to rule out and identify root causes.

With that, I'm just starting to feel renewed and more energetic. I'm not healed yet - this is a process - but in line with this transformation I wanted to announce I'm hosting a SUMMER GIVE or SAVE EVENT! I finally have some clarity to roll this out - so read below for the details and the First Dibs opportunity this coming Saturday. I hope you might find something to add to your collection, or maybe begin one.

Creatively,

SUMMER Give or Save Event

As part of the SUMMER Give or Save Event from 7.10 - 7.20 you have an opportunity to Give or Save with the purchase of selected works through my web site. With each order you can either save 20% off the cost of the artwork or donate 20% of the value to a charity. Here's how!

To Save: Enter the code SAVE20 at checkout and you'll save 20% on your purchase, OR
To Give: Drop me a note at checkout that you'd like me to donate 20% of your sale to one of the charities below. Be sure to name the charity in your note
Shop a day early on 7.9 - Only subscribers (that's you) will have access beginning at 9am ET to collect.

Choosing organizations to support has been a challenge recently - mostly due to the wealth of needs in our world right now, and my struggle to narrow it down to one non-profit. So, I've selected four organizations that will earn donations from me through sales of my work this month:

Voices of Children - psychosocial support for families in Ukraine
Yellowstone Resiliency Fund - support the park to recover from recent floods
Carolina Abortion Fund - confidential, toll free helpline that provides financial, practical, and emotional support to callers in North and South Carolina trying to access abortion care.
Moms Demand Action - is a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence

Just a Taste of What's Included

Garden Watercolors

TeaScapes

Yoga Mats

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Studio Work Happening Now

I am slowly working on two commissions and some occasional watercolors. You can click through each image to the Instagram post where I detail more information on the backstory of each, though the dog portrait is fairly self-explanatory and has not been shared on IG.

PS - It's been a year since we moved to Durham from NJ - I can't believe it. What better way to celebrate than returning to my garden and offering works available to bring you Joy and Help others!

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